Reflective Journal on Career and Skills Development at Desklib

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Career and progression plan.........................................................................................................3
Skills audit...................................................................................................................................4
Self Appraisal & Action Planning...............................................................................................7
Skills Development Record & Work-based Feedback................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Career plan is very efficient to achieve future goals and objectives and these are mainly
developed in individual either through continuous learning or through self developed
knowledge. The present analysis is based on my personal strength which is depicted through
various career plans and progressions, skill audits, action planning, self appraisal, skill
development record etc. Further the report will analysis certain weakness that need to be
improved over the period and discuss resources required to improve my skills for bright future
ahead.
MAIN BODY
Career and progression plan.
It refers to process an employee undergoes to know the wants and identify the means to
achieve it so that actual steps can be taken. These plans are regularly created and revised that is
necessary for the continuous growth and development. There are certain steps that need to be
followed to develop an efficient plan which are explained as follows:
1. Evaluating the current situation: In this step, I have observed that my oral
communication skills and decision-making skills are weak as a result of that I am not able
to express my viewpoints efficiently and in effective manner. Also, it creates problem
because most time I am interpreted wrongly as a result there are problems of conflicts
between various individuals (Louw and Katznelson, 2019). Also, I have analysed, that I
do not posses strong decision-making skills therefore I am always dependent on other
people to support my decisions and critically analysed whether my decision is right or
wrong.
2. Identifying the career goal : The current goal I want to achieve is to develop and
enhanced those skills that will help in achieving the position of manager in a reputed
organization. Through this goal I will be able to explore new areas of opportunities and
development for good future ahead.
3. Identify skills, knowledge and resources required : For this post the skills I would
require is strong leadership skills to handle large number of people in groups and
coordinate them towards the end goals. Secondly, time management skills will be needs
by me to ensure that all work is completed on time and with the least errors. Also, I need
to have knowledge of various leaders what are the similar practices that they perform to

achieve goals of the firm. For this, the resources which are required are journals,
magazines and exploring the stuff on internet that give complete idea of the process
(Luţaş and et.al., 2020) will be needed by me.
4. Determining actions to achieve goals : Objectives can be achieved through developing
smart objectives that helps in determining the efforts needed to meet the goals on set
deadline, identifying better ways through which tasks can be completed on time etc. Also,
rewarding for the efforts in various monetary and non monetary terms so that to remain
motivated for a long period.
5. Determine the evaluation frequency: The frequency I have set through that my
predefined goals can be achieved is almost 3 weeks that will help me to evaluate how
much is my progress in relation to set goals so that I can take necessary corrective actions
if any problem arises thus it will result in saving a lot of time and money and ensures
there is no wastage (Márquez and et.al., 2020).
Skills audit
Job descriptions
It is a representation which describes the responsibilities for a particular position in an
organization but also acts as foundation in recruiting, developing and retaining talent. The
sample for a job description is as follows,
Job title: Senior project manager
Job location : England, UK
Job summary: Responsible for planning, organizing, training the members to achieve the
stated objectives of cost and profitability. The manager will provide support to the assistant
manager by focusing on the administrative and Human resource aspects of management role.
Responsibilities or duties of manager
 The manager should be expert in data handling and should be able to maximize profits
for the firm (Yazicioglu, 2020).
 Job requires interaction with internal staff and prepare monthly reports for the same.
 Maintaining agency relationships to ensure timely delivery of services to customers.
 Monitor and control the work performance and interacts with team to adjust the plan
accordingly.
Reporting to : Top immediate supervisor and assistant manager whenever needed.